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The preserved English south coast based heritage steam-ship S.S. Shieldhall operated by Steamship Shieldhall Charity, will provide a wonderful viewing...
Hurst Castle in Hampshire is stabilised a year after a section of wall in the east wing collapsed.
EXPERTS have completed the first phase of a massive project to protect one of Hampshire's most historic buildings. New sea defences have been built at Hurst Castle - part of which collapsed earlier this year after the seafront fort was battered by a ferocious storm. About 5,000 tonnes of granite boulders and 6,000 tonnes of shingle have been used to construct a 90-metre barrier that shields part of the site. The defences aim to absorb and dissipate the energy of the waves that often pound the castle, which is at the end of Hurst Spit. Earlier this year a 38-metre section of the east...
BBC News Published media captionEnglish Heritage said there was no sign of structural damage before a storm on 23 February Until a storm last week, there were "no signs of any major structural problems" before a wall collapsed at a castle originally built by Henry VIII, owner English Heritage has said. Work had been due to begin next week to stabilise the foundations, it added. The charity carried out £750,000 worth of work in 2019 to stabilise the foundations of the west wing and to reinforce its sea defences. A spokesperson said: "At the west wing, deterioration had occurred at a very slow...
BBC News Published image captionA section of wall collapsed after the sea weakened its foundations Part of the wall of a castle, originally built in Tudor times by Henry VIII, has collapsed. A section of Hurst Castle's east wing, near Milford-on-Sea, Lymington, fell on Friday. Owner English Heritage said the sea had weakened the foundations. It added engineers were assessing the damage and planning remedial works. The site was closed to the public at the time of the collapse and there have been no reports of any injuries. 'Devastating blow' Most recently, English Heritage carried out work...